April 8th, 1949

Born on April 8th, 1949

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What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1968

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

April 8th, 1959

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language that became COBOL.

April 8th, 1943

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

April 8th, 1933

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

April 8th, 1911

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

April 8th, 1904

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

April 8th, 1864

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

April 8th, 1630

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to found the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

April 8th, 1271

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baibars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated those of Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

April 8th, 0217

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

April 8th, 1820

A Greek peasant discovered a statue of a woman with its arms missing—the Venus de Milo—on the Aegean island of Milos.

April 8th, 1960

The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

April 8th, 1959

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Born on April 8th, 1949

75

Brenda Russell

American singer-songwriter

*April 8th, 1949, Brooklyn

75

Theresa Sparks

American activist

*April 8th, 1949, Kansas City

74

Alice Mabota

Mozambican human rights activist

*April 8th, 1949, Maputo †October 12th, 2023, South Africa

75

Fanie de Jager

South African operatic tenor and singer of light classical music.

*April 8th, 1949, Newcastle

75

Gigi Rigamonti

Italian artist

*April 8th, 1949, Desio

64

Javier Reynaldo Meneghini

Argentinian politician

*April 8th, 1949, Santiago del Estero †October 5th, 2013, Santiago del Estero

73

Galust Sahakyan

Armenian politician

*April 8th, 1949, Yerevan †December 18th, 2022, Yerevan

72

Claudette Bradshaw

Canadian politician

*April 8th, 1949, Moncton †March 26th, 2022, Moncton

75

John Madden

British film director

*April 8th, 1949, Hampshire

73

Ian Inkster

British historian (1949–2023)

*April 8th, 1949, Warrington †November 30th, 2022

75

Philip Aaberg

Pianist

*April 8th, 1949, Havre

58

K. C. Kamalasabayson

Sri Lankan Attorney general

*April 8th, 1949, Trincomalee †August 12th, 2007, Chennai

60

Erdal Merdan

German dramatist, actor and theatre director of Turkish origin

*April 8th, 1949, Kayseri †March 24th, 2010, Brannenburg

75

Joe Royle

Former professional association footballer and manager (born 1949)

*April 8th, 1949, Liverpool

75

Tom Trevelyan

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 8th, 1949, Toronto

75

Ricky Heppolette

Indian-born English footballer (born 1949)

*April 8th, 1949, Bhusawal

75

Richard Frith

Bishop of Hereford; Bishop of Hull

*April 8th, 1949, Huntingdon

75

Mac Scarce

American baseball player

*April 8th, 1949, Danville

75

Jim Lampley

American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner (born 1949)

*April 8th, 1949, Hendersonville

75

Graham Crothers

Irish cricketer (born 1949)

*April 8th, 1949, Belfast

75

Uschi Westphal

German volleyball player

*April 8th, 1949, Wilhelmshaven

75

Geoff Tamblyn

Cricketer

*April 8th, 1949, Melbourne

75

Brian Delate

American actor

*April 8th, 1949, Trenton

69

Alex Fergusson

British politician (1949-2018)

*April 8th, 1949, Leswalt †July 31st, 2018, St John's Town of Dalry

66

Bernd Strauch

German politician (1949-2015)

*April 8th, 1949, Hanover †September 28th, 2015

68

Reinhard Krammer

Austrian historian

*April 8th, 1949, Radstadt †November 8th, 2017

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77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

76

Walter Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1948, Nevele

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

*April 8th, 1947, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

72

Andrew Stahl

American actor

*April 8th, 1952, San Antonio

74

Grzegorz Lato

Polish footballer and manager

*April 8th, 1950, Malbork

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

69

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

*April 8th, 1955, Annapolis

80

Tariana Turia

New Zealand politician

*April 8th, 1944, New Zealand

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on April 8th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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